Honours for the People of Tenedos
IG II3 1 892 Date: 276/5 BC
[In the archonship of Philokrates (276/5), in the second prytany?], of
-tis, for which Hegesippos son of Aristomachos
of Melite was secretary. [On the twenty-fifth (hektēi met' eikadas) of
Metageitnion, the twenty-?]fourth
(5) of the prytany. Principal Assembly.
Of the presiding committee Kalliades son of Ch-
of - was putting to the vote and his fellow presiding committee members. The People
decided. - son of - of Melite proposed: since
the People of Tenedos in previous
(10) times continued to be well disposed and a friend
of the Athenian People, and provided many
and great services at every
opportunity, and now . . . the People . . . . . . the sanctuary . . . (15) at Eleusis piously . . . wore wreaths . . . . . .
(uncertain number of lines lost)
. . . . . . (20) all . . . . . . of Tenedos . . . answer them, that the Athenian People remembers
their [relationship (oikeiōn) and in earlier] times
has honoured the People of Tenedos (25) with fine [and worthy] awards, and now will
honour it and will do all that is just and
cordial (ta oikeia) in accordance with their friendship; and to praise
the ambassadors who have come for their excellence
and good will to the Athenians; and to praise
(30) the People of Tenedos . . . . . .